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Akanna Okeke: Meet Theo and His 3 Wise Children

Theo
was a well respected man in his days. He lived at a time when having
male children was glorified by society, but he didn’t have one. And that
was the only flaw people saw with him.

He had a daughter, Sophia. He loved her very much and would take
her, along with him, on walks in and around the city. People sneered at
this because it was an activity reserved for a man and his son, not his
daughter. But Theo did not mind. He really enjoyed his walks with
Sophie because she asked him a lot of questions about a lot of things
that she observed along the way.
Theo answered all of Sophie’s questions and taught her the names of
everything he knew. She grew to appreciate knowledge, and so she
studied very broadly to know more about more things.
Theo then had another daughter, Sunesis. Now he had two daughters
and no son. His respect in society was starting to be questioned. His
wife was now being stigmatized among the women. Some of them talked
negatively about her to their husbands and somehow convinced them to
stop being good friends with Theo.
This was seen as very ridiculous to Theo, who was engrossed in
spending time with his daughter, Sunesis. She had a curiosity that was
even deeper than her sister’s. She not only wanted to know what things
were, but why they were, and how they worked. He took delight in
explaining these things to her, and in debating ideas with her, back and
forth, as she grew older before his eyes.
After a very long while, Theo had a son –the son of his old age. He
was called Phronesis and he was loved by everyone in the home,
especially by his sisters Sophia and Sunesis. They taught him
everything they knew and held nothing back.
Sophia even went as far as teaching him the different parts of the
human body, especially the female one, which she knew better. Sunesis
taught him how these parts all worked, all their different sensations,
and essentially ‘what made them tick’.
Phronesis used this knowledge to his advantage and, because of this;
he became a “serial lover”. All the girls adored and chased after him.
It didn’t help that he was handsome, very much so! He was also a
hustler; always out there making things happen. He restored his
father’s respect and also increased his wealth because he knew the laws
of trade and understood how business worked in the land, and wasn’t
afraid to put his knowledge and understanding to good use.
He learnt a lot from his sisters. From Sophia, he learnt what things
were and the laws guiding them. From Sunesis, he understood the
intricacies of things, how they worked and how to work them. He
attacked the world and he conquered!
With everything going well for Phronesis, he became proud and
somewhat disconnected from his family. He figured he had better results
to show than they did, despite all their wisdom, so he could live
without them. He then moved away to another city and took a wife there
for himself. But he sadly realized that he wasn’t doing so well in
business as he used to back home. He knew he could do much better, but
for some reason wasn’t able to. This depressed him deeply, and affected
his relationship with his wife.
One day, his sisters decided to pay him a visit. They got to his
home and met his wife, who complained to them about his depression and
the growing distance between them. Not long after, Phronesis got back
home from another “failed” day in the market place.
He was pleased to see his sisters there, but also a little ashamed as
he would have preferred they met him in a much more prosperous state.
He explained to them how he had been failing in the market place since
he got to this new city. While he was still speaking, Sophie interrupted
to point out that “the people here are quite different from those back
home. Their culture is different and so is their way of conducting
business”. Sunesis agreed with her and went on to explain, to him, the
intricacies of the culture and how he was supposed to weave in certain new
behaviours in his interaction with the people, especially in the market
place, if he wanted to be really successful in business. “When in
Rome, she said, “behave like the Romans to win them over”.
Phronesis’ eyes were opened. He went ahead to do as his sisters had
advised, and he became hugely successful, as a result, and his marriage
began to flourish as well.
He returned home, after a while, to thank his sisters and to visit
his parents. He told his dad everything that had happened and how his
sisters came to his aid. This pleased Theo. He was so proud of his
children and called them to himself to praise them for coming together,
as one, to solve a problem.
He told them that this was how he always intended it to be. That
they were all wise in their own ways, but that ultimate wisdom came
about when they got together to: identify a problem, understand the
problem and how to solve it, and then go ahead and solve that problem.
“Knowledge, understanding, and the application of both, which is
practical wisdom, is the perfect mix”, he said. “And that represents you
Sophia, you Sunesis, and you my dear Phronesis.
Make sure you all stick together and work together. And never forget
your father, the man who taught you all these things –the source of all
your wisdom”.
They took their father’s advice and lived in this manner, making Theo the most admired father in the land.

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